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SIXTH WORlD CHORAL SYMPOSIUMGRAND FINALE CONCER.T

OR.CH ESTRA HALL

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. 2002

7:30 PM

Opening Remarks U. S. Representative Betty McCollum

Diana J. Leland, SecretaryWCS6 Board of Directors

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THE ST. OLAF CHOIRST. OLAF COLLEGE

NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTAANTON ARMSTRONG, CONDUCTOR

o Day Full of Grace Christoph E.F. Weyseorr. F. Melius Christiansen(Augsburg Fortress-11 026)

The lord Is the Everlasting Gad Kenneth Jennings(Mark Foster MusicCompany- 21 37)

Wayn6paq Taki(Chant to a Young Person)

Eduardo Alonso-Crespo(earthsongs)

Sung in Ooechuo

Past life Melodies Sarah Hopkins(Morton Music- 200 1)

This little light of Mine orr. Moses Hogan(Hal leonard Publishing)

Kyrie(Saint Francis in the Americas:A Caribbean Mass)

Glenn McClure(earth songs)

Sung in latin and Italian

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THE DALE WARlAND SINGERSMINNEAPOLlS/ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA

DALE WARLAN D, CON DUCTOR

Hildegard Triptycho vis aeternitatiso virtus Sapientiae

John Muehleisen(Colla Voce)

Martin Hodel, trumpet

Frank Ferko(ECS Publishing-5442)(ECS Publishing 5444)

Snow (The King's Trumpeter)

Sung in latin

To God, "in memoriam M.B." Dominick Argento(Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6819)

Martin Hodel, trumpet

Confitemini Domino Alberto GrauWorld Premiere Performance (eorthsongs)Commissioned by the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

Sung in Latin

My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord Spiritualorr. Carol Barnett(Colla Voce 37-21022)

INTERMISSION-15 MINUTES-

IIIAN INVITATION TO THE

SEVENTH WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON CHORAL MUSIC

KYOTO. JAPAN 2005

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THE VOCALESSENCE ENSEMBLE SINGERSMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

PHILIP BRUNELLE, CONDUCTOR

My Beloved Is Mine, and I Am Hisfrom The Best-Beloved

Chris DeBlasio(Wayne Leupold Editions,WLll0003)

Antiphon for the Virginfrom River of Love, River of Light

Tina DavidsonSelf-published,tdavidsn@bellatlantic.net)

Love Opened A Mortal Wound Stephen PaulusWorld Premiere Performance (Paulus Publications)Commissioned by the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

My River Runs to Theefrom Four Reveries

William Hawley(Self-published,wphawleY@ix.netcom.com)

Gala del dlo (Day's Finery)from Indianas # 1

Carlos Guastavino(Ricordi BA12751)

Sung in Spanish

If There Be Sorrowfrom Images, Shadows and Dreams:Five Vignettes

David Baker(Self-published,bakerd@indiana.edu)

EI Hambo Jaakko Mantyiarvi(Sulasol 387)

vMOORE BY FOUR

MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTASANFORD MOORE. CONDUCTOR

Duke's Place ("C-Jam Blues") Katz/Ellingtonarr. Sanford Moore(additional lyrics byConnie Evingsonl

Just Squeeze Me Ellington/Gainesarr. Sanford Moore

Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit Traditionalarr. Sanford Moore

I Want to Be Ready Traditionalarr. Sam Davis

love You Madly Duke Ellingtonarr. Sanford Moore

VICOMBINED MINNESOTA CHOIRS

Shenandoah American Folk Songarr. James Erb(lawson Gould lG51846)

What 0 Mighty God Eric McDanielsarr. Michael Abels(Subito Musicl

PROGRAM NOTES AN D TEXTS

THE ST. OLAF CHOIR

o DAY FULL OF GRACE - CHRJSTOPH E.F. WEYSE,ARK F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN

o day full of grace which we behold,Now gently to view ascending,Thou over the earth thy reign unfold,Good cheer to all mortals lending,That children of light in every climeMay prove that the night is ending.

How blest was that gracious midnight hour,When God in our flesh was given;Then flushed the dawn with light and power,That spread o'er the darkened heaven;Then rose o'er the world that sun divineWhich gloom from our hearts hath driven.

Yea, were every tree endowed with speech,And every leaflet singing,They never with praise God's worth could reach,Though earth with their praise be ringing.Who fully could praise the light of lifeWho light to our souls is bringing?

With joy we depart for the promised land,And there we shall walk in endless light.

-Nicolai F.S. Grundtvigtr. 0. H. Smeby, G. T. Rygh, C. Doving

THE LORD IS THE EVERLASTING GOD - KENNETH JENNINGS

The lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth,who does not faint or grow weary;whose understanding is unsearchable.

God gives power to the faint,and strengthens the powerless.Even youths will faint and be weary,and the young will fall exhausted;

But those who wait for the lord shall renew their strength,they shall mount up with wings like eagles,they shall run and not be weary,they shall walk and not faint.Have you not heard?Have you not known?

-Text: Isaiah 40:28-31

WAYNApAQTAKI - EDUARDO ALONSO-CRISPO(CHANT TO A YOUNG PERSON)

Why does your life vocilloteIfeverything is born for you.Youore seed you can't weaken.

What person is invincible,And what heart invulnerable, say.

Which stone, which fireAnd which wind can't your forces defeat?

What law is inexorable,and what blood unliquefiable.

What can be difficult for you?As huge as the river may beIt can always be crossed.

What strength is unbeatable,And what weight irresistible.

Youare seedYoucan't vacillate.

What sea can't be leaped.And which star cannot be collected. You must grow, enlarge, run,

Advance, conquer, and stump.

-William Hurtado de MendozaTrans. Eduardo Alonso-Crespo

What fortress is unreducible,And what spike is unbreakable.

PAST LIFE MELODIES - SARAH HOPKINS

The melodic ideas of the work, like those in all of Sarah Hopkins' music, aresimple in structure, and reach deep into the soul. The first melody was one whichhaunted the composer for many years-a melody which came to her at momentsof extreme emotion. The second melody reRects her considerable interest in themusic of various world cultures, and in this particular case, her eight years inDarwin where she had much contact with Australian Aboriginal art and music. Thethird section of the work utilizes a concept called harmonic-overtone singing, whichis as ancient a technique as singing itself. Here the seporate harmonic voices weaveand dart like 'golden threads' above the earthy drone sustained by the main bodyof the choir. The richness and subtlety of colours and the earthy hearty quality ofthe voices, along with an inner rhythm of very simple ideas and materials, offersthe listener a communication with the very soul and heart of music itself.

-Program note by Stephen Leek

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - AfZR. MOSES HOGAN

This little light of mine,I'm gonna let it shine.

My God gave it to me,I'm gonna let it shine.

In my home let it shine,All over the world let it shine.

All through the night,I'm gonno let it shine.

-Traditional Spiritual

KYItIE - GLENN MCCLUItE(SAINT FltANCIS IN THE AMEItICAS: A CAItIBBEAN MASS)

lord have mercy,Christ have mercy;lord have mercy.

Most high and glorious God,illuminate the darkness of my heart,and grant an upright faith, perfect love,certain hope, profound humility,wisdom and understanding, 0 lord,that I might follow your holyand true commandment.

-St. Francis of Assissi (1182-1226)

THE DALE WARlAND SINGERSPROGAAM NOTES BY BItIAN NEWHOUSE

SNOW (THE KING'S TItUMPETER) - JOHN MUEHLEISEN

One of the best-known musicians in the Seattle area was Roy Cummings, atrumpeter and jazz teacher at the University of Washington. His untimely death twoyears ago shocked the Seattle music community and, writes composer JohnMuehleisen, "left a great void in many lives, particularly those of his family andstudents." So Muehleisen's moving new score is dedicated to the memory ofCummings. The composer had the good fortune to find an anonymous epitaph fora man named Snow who'd once served the British court as a trumpeter.

Thaw every breast, melt every eye with woe,Here's dissolution by the hand of death!To dirt, to water, turned the fairest Snow.O! The King's trumpeter has lost his breath.

-Anonymous epitaph

HILDEGARD TRJPTYCH - FRANK FERKO

"0 VIS AETERNITATIS""0 VI RTUS SAPIENTIAE"

When Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098 in Germany, her parents pledgedher to serve the Church and at the age of three she began to have luminousspiritual visions. At 15 she took the veil and eventually founded a monastery in theRhine Valley. For years, Hildegard told no one of her visions. But in 1141, she hada revelation from God commanding her to record everything she saw in hervisions, and this changed her life. She wrote:

"And it came to pass, when I wos 42 years and seven months old, theheavens were opened and a blinding light of exceptional brillianceRowed through my entire brain. And so it kindled my whole heart andbreast like a flame, not burning but warming .. ."

She went on to write music and poetry, as well as treatises on natural history,medicine, and theology. Popes and kings sought her advice. Hildegard isrenowned for all of this today and for being the first composer in history whosebiography is known to us. The Chicago-based organist and composer Frank Ferko(b.19501 has become a Hildegard expert, and his fascination with her workhas led him to compose several scores based on her legacy. Ferko says that thebeauty and intensity of Hildegard's poetry made such an impression on him thathe decided in 1997 to extend an earlier motet cycle with these three pieces fordouble choir. Hildegard Triptych is dedicated to Dale Warland.

As the first motet ("0 vis aeternitatis") opens, Hildegard's vision of God's strengthis portrayed by a rhythmic figure imitating a heartbeat. The circling imagery of thethird motet's text ("0 virtus Sapientiae") is reflected in two themes which the choirspresent at the beginning, then circulate and quietly resolve.

o VIS AETERNITATIS

o strength eternalwho has ordered all things in your heart,through your Word you have created alljust as you have desired,and your Word himselfput on fleshin that form which was assumed by Adam.and thus his raiment from the

o VI RTUS SAPIENTIAE

o strength of Wisdom,which circles the spherescomprehending everythingin the one way which holds life,having three wings,of which one rushes to the heightsand another drips with sweat from

the earth,

greatest sorrows hos been cleansed.o how great is the kindness of the Saviorwho liberates all through his incarnationwhich the Divinity exhaledwithout the imprisonment of sin.And thus his raiment form the greatestsorrows has been cleansed.Glory to the Father and to the Sonand to the Holy Spirit

and the third flies from all sides.Praise be to you, as it is fitting to you,o Wisdom.

-Latin texts by Hildegard von Bingen(1098-1179)English translations by Frank Ferko

TO GOD, "IN MEMORJAM M.B." - DOMINICK ARGENTO

Dominick Argento (b.1927) dedicated his motet To God in memory of Marlene Baver,deputy organist-choirmaster at Plymouth Congregational Church, a member of themusic staff at Macalester College and a close friend of Dale and Ruth Worland.Premiered in 1994 barely a mile from here, it pays tribute to Marlene's almostquarter-century of Plymouth service and her diverse talents. Besides filling in whenorganist Philip Brunelle was out of town, she was a fine trumpeter and flutist-no smallthing given how different the embouchure required for each is. So in tribute to her,Dominick Argento's setting of Robert Herrick's poem ends with a touching solotrumpet line, marked in the score "distant and simple."

Do with me, God! As Thou didst deal with John,(Who writ that heavenly Revelation)let me (like him) first cracks of thunder heare;Then let the Harps inchantment strike mine eare;Here give me thornes; there, in thy Kingdome, setUpon my head the golden coronet;There give me day; but here my dreadfull night:My sackcloth here; but there my Stole of white.

-Robert Herrick, 1647

CONFITEMINI DOMINO - ALBERTO GRAU

World Premiere - Commissioned by the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

The optimism of the text of "Confitemini Domino" was appropriate to celebrate theSixth World Symposium with a joyful choral work. It talks about praising God withexultant songs accompanied with instruments of beautiful sounds and conveysa message of brotherhood for men and women who have made choral music animportant part of their daily work.

The most important elements used in this choral composition are:• Imitation of Gregorian chant• Imitation of fanfares and trumpet sounds• Pronunciation of consonants as if they were syllables.• Use of irregular meters• Imitation of rhythms coming from Salsa and Tango• Dynamic contrasts achieved through the use of soloists singing sections of

serene and nostalgic character and others full of enthusiasm.• Use of whispering voice accompanied by eurhythmic movements, one of the

main elements of the composer's style.

-Program notes by Alberto Grau

Give praise to the lard upon the harp,Play upon the ten-stringed psaltery.

Sing to Him a new song,Sing skillfully with astrong voice.

-Psalm 32: 2-3

MY SOUL'S BEEN ANCHORED IN THE LORD - CAR.OL BAR.NETT

This new arrangement by Carol Barnett has quickly become a favorite of DaleWarland and the Singers. Commissioned for their October 2001 Americanaconcert, it fills the ear with intense rhythms and dynamic contrasts. It was writtenin memory of Tim Peter through a gift from Jim, Donna and Wendy Peter, withmatching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

THE VOCALESSENCE ENSEMBLE SINGERSPR.OGR.AM NOTES BY PHILIP BR.UNELLE

MY BElOVED IS MINE. AND I AM HIS ...FR.OM "THE BEST-BElOVED" (1990) - c-nus DEBLASIO

Chris DeBlasio (1959-1993) was one of America's versatile and gifted youngcomposers. During his short life he pursued three musical interests: music theater,art song and sacred music. He studied composition at the Manhattan School ofMusic with John Corigliano. "My Beloved Is Mine, and I Am His" is the last of fourmotets on Jacobean poems composed in 1990 as The Best-Beloved. The work wascommissioned by Trinity Church, New York City, and dedicated to larry King.

E'en like two little bank-dividing brooks,That wash the pebbles with their wanton streams,And having ranged and search'd a thousand nooks,

Meet both at length in silver-breasted Thomes,Where at a greater current they conjoin:So I my Best-beloved's am; so He is mine.

E'en so we met; and after long pursuit,E'en so we joined; we both become entire;No need for either to renew a suit,For I was flax, and He was flames of fire:Our firm-united souls did more than twine;So I my Best-beloved's am; so He is mine.

If all those glittering Monarchs, that commandThe servile quarters of this earthly boll,Should tender in exchange their shores of land,I would not change my fortunes for them all:Their wealth is but a counter to my coin:The world's but theirs; but my Beloved's mine.

-Francis Quarles, 1592-1644

ANTIPHON FOR THE VIRGIN - TINA DAVIDSON

"Antiphon for the Virgin" comes from a set of seven texts about the Virgin Marytitled "River of love, River of light". "Antiphon," based on a poem by Hildegard ofBingen, evokes the medieval era of the poet and was composed to celebrate thecentenary of the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Tina Davidson has beencommissioned by Vocal Essence for a 3-movement work on the poetry of Teilhardde Chardin to be premiered by the Ensemble Singers in the 2003-2004 season.

Because it was a womanwho built a house for deatha shining girl tore it down.So now when you seek for blessingsseek the supreme one in the form of a womansurpassing all that God modesince in her he become one of us.

-Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179),translated by Barbara Newman

LOVE OPENED A MORTAL WOUND - STEPHEN PAULUS

World Premiere - Commissioned by the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

A composition student of Paul Fetler and Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus(b.1949) is well known for his much-performed choral works, numerous operasand chamber music. In 1973 he co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum(now the American Composers Forum) with Libby larsen and has served ascomposer-in-residence with the Minnesota Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony. Hisopera, "The Postman always Rings Twice" was the first opera by an Americancomposer to be performed at the Edinburgh International Festival.

"love Opened A Mortal Wound" is a poem by the 17th century Mexican nunJuana lnes de 10 Cruz. Stephen Paulus has used a rich harmonic palette moving ata fast pace to give the text a kinetic feel and an air of excitement that builds to thefinal phrase. This phrase, like the entire piece, is sung in English but then repeatedin Spanish for an emphatic conclusion. The work was commissioned by Kay andMike McCarthy for the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers.

love opened a mortal wound.In agony, I worked the bladeto make it deeper. Please,I begged, let death come quick.

Wild, distracted, sick,I counted, countedall the ways love hurt me.One life, I thought-a thousand deaths.

Blow after blow, my heartcouldn't survive this beating.Then-how can I explain it?

I came to my senses. I said,Why do I suffer? What loverever had so much pleasure?

eQuilin en amor ha sido mas dichoso?-Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695)

MY RIVER RUNS TO THEE (995) - WILLIAM HAWLEY

Emily Dickinson's poem serves as the third movement of William Hawley's FourReveries, which was premiered by the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, Ohio,conducted by Earl Rivers. In this 8-voice a cappella setting the river ebbs and Rows

with the voices moving in and out of a serene texture of sound that closes with anecstatic paean of hope.

My River runs to thee-Blue Sea! Wilt welcome me?My Riverwaits reply-Oh Sea-look graciously-I'll fetch thee BrooksFrom spotted nooks-Say-Sea-Take Me!

-Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"GALA DEL DiA" (DAY'S FINERY) (968) - CARlOS GUASTAVINO

The music of Guastavino demonstrates a tender nostalgia for his native Argentina,its peaple and its Rora and fauna - whether in his choral, piano or solo voice compositions. In the same way as composers such as Bartok, Vaughan Williams,Copland and Villa-Lobos, he strove to make the national into that which isuniversal. "Gala del dia" is the opening movement of his suite, "Indianas", forSATBand piano. like many Argentine folk dances it is divided into two largersegments ('primera' and 'segundo') each of which has an introduction, twostanzas and a refrain or 'vuelta'. The distinctive Argentine characteristic ofjuxtaposing 3/4 and 6/8 is evident in this piece.

It was a great honor for Philip Brunelle to spend an afternoon with this modestand humble man in the mid-1990s while in Buenos Aires. Guastavino died inOctober 2000.

I love the light of dawn because it kisses youand returns you alive, alive and fanciful.

Straight ear of grain in the wind of midday,I love the sun that gilds it, ripe and mine.

When the afternoon cries for its lost light,I love the trill you pin over my life.

I love so much the night which is infinitelike your sweet, dark, tepid hour.

0, heart of night, day's gala!My life burns for your happiness.

-Arturo Vazquez

"IF THER.E BE SOR.R.OW" (]993) - DAVID BAKER.

For many years a professor of jazz composition at the Indiana UniversitySchool of Music David Baker is recognized as one of the most importantfigures in jazz music of our time. As a jazz cellist he has performed withMaynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones and Lionel Hampton, among others, andhas been one of the pivotal figures at the Smithsonian in preserving theAmerican jazz heritage.

Images, Shadows and Dreams is one of Baker's choral jazz works, "If ThereBe Sorrow" is the third movement. His music blends the elements of AfricanAmerican gospel, folk, and traditional tonality.

If there be sorrow, then let it beFor things undone,For things unrealized, unattained.For all the things undone, undreamed.To these add one:Love withheld, restrained.

-Mar; Evans

EL HAMBO (]996) - JAAKKO MANTYJAR.VI

Composed as the second installment of the series "Justly Forgotten Peoples,"Mantyjarvi has taken the hambo (a Swedish folk dance in 3/4 time) andaugmented the rhythm to 5/4 time as a 'tribute to those folk musicians whoseenthusiasm much exceeds their sense of rhythm'. The text is completelymeaningless with the first three chords of the piece being violin tunings usedin Norwegian folk music. The Ensemble Singers gave the U.S. premiere of "EIHambo" in 1999 at the ACDA National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

"MINNESOTA SINGS FAREWELL"CONCERT PERSONNEL

THE ST. OLAF CHOIR

The son of a Norwegian factory worker, Frederik Melius Christiansen was bornin Eidsvold, Norway, on April 1, 1871, and immigrated to the United States atthe age of 17. He arrived in Washburn, Wisconsin, in the winter - cold, hungryand penniless, but musically talented. He studied at Augsburg College andconducted and performed in the Twin Cities area.

In 1897, he returned to Europe to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music inLeipzig, Germany. From 1900 to 1903, he taught the violin in Minneapolis

before accepting an appointment as director of the fledgling music program atSaint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

In 1911-12, the St. Olaf Choir was founded as an outgrowth of the St. John'slutheran Church Choir in Northfield. For the next 30 years, Christiansen led theSt. Olaf Choir, striving for perfect intonation, blend, diction and phrasing. Hesaw his contribution to music not as one of genius or inspiration, but one of hardwork. That standard was refined and the repertoire widened under the directionof Christiansen's son, Olaf Christiansen, who provided distinguished leadershipfrom 1941 to 1968. He added 16th-century and modern American music to thehymn settings of the lutheran tradition favored by his father. Kenneth Jennings,who led the ensemble from 1968 to 1990, broadened the repertoire evenfurther. He reached beyond traditional Western European music to EasternEuropean and Asian music. The choirs he directed were noted for nuanceof phrase and artistic sense of line. He also introduced the occasional useof instruments.

Today, in his twelfth year as conductor, Anton Armstrong has built on theJennings tradition. He has retained the healthy and free sound that he enjoyedduring his own years as a member of the choir in the 1970s. He has alsocontinued to add to the repertoire, programming more music from EasternEurope, Africa and from latin and South America. Armstrong has also turnedto contemporary young composers for new compositions and arrangements forthe ensemble.

Running through the concert program is a common thread: compositions ofgreat musical integrity which are able to clearly communicate the Christian faithtoday. This is something Armstrong views as an inherent mission of St. Olafas a college of the church. The object, he says, "is to provide music of hope, joy,compassion and love, ranging from simple folk tunes to more complicatedart, music which will sensitize the listeners' heart and mind, as well as lifttheir spirits."

The St. Olaf Choir is acclaimed internationally, a result of 12 tours to Europeand Asia. In 1988, the St. Olaf Choir was one of only five choirs in the worldinvited to participate in the Seoul Olympic Arts Festival in South Korea. Twoyears earlier, the choir celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding with afour-week concert tour to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the People's Republicof China. The achievements of the St. Olaf Choir were recognized in 1999 whenthe choir received the Wittenberg Award for distinguished service to church andsociety. This presentation represented the first time that a group was honoredwith the Wittenberg Award.

Broadcasts and recordings spread the inAuence of the St. Olaf Choir around theglobe. The 2001 St. Olaf Christmas Festival Concert, titled "love Divine, IllumineOur Darkness," was taped by TPT television for a national one-hour special andhas been aired on 98 percent of the nation's public television (PBS) stations. It isavailable in CD, DYD and YHS versions from St. Olaf Records.

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is broodcast notionally each year on publicradio stations, as well as on hundreds of commercial radio stations. It is thelongest-running festival on the same theme: a musical celebration of the birth ofChrist. More than 500 student musicians porticipate in the four performances onthe St. Olaf campus, which are cttended by nearly 12,000 peaple.

ANTON ARMSTRONG, CON DUCTOR

Anton Armstrong is the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St.Olaf College and Conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, a position he assumed in1990. He came to this position following ten years in Grand Rapids, Michiganwhere he served on the faculty of Calvin College and conducted theCampus Choir, the Calvin College Alumni Choir and the Grand RapidsSymphony Chorus.

Anton Armstrong is a graduate of St. Olaf College and earned a Master ofMusic degree at the University of Illinois and the Doctor of Musical Arts degreefrom Michigan State University. He holds membership in several professionalsocieties including the American Choral Directors Association, Choristers Guild,Chorus America, and the International Federation for Choral Music. He alsoserves as editor of a multicultural choral series for Earthsongs Publications andco-editor of the revised St. Olaf Choral Series for Augsburg Fortress Publishers.Dr. Armstrong is widely recognized for his work in the area of youth andchildren's choral music. He served for over twenty years on the summer facultyof the American Boychoir School, Princeton, New Jersey and held the positionof Conductor of the St. Cecilia Youth Chorale, a 75-voice treble chorus based inGrand Rapids, from 1981-1990. He has conducted the Troubadours, a 30-voiceboys ensemble of the Northfield Youth Choirs since 1991. He currently serves asa member of the Boord of Trustees of the American Boychoir School.

Dr. Armstrong is active as a guest conductor and lecturer throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, Scandinavia, Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, andthe Caribbean. In recent years he has guest conducted such noted ensembles asthe Utah Symphony and Symphony Chorus, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, andthe St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has also collaborated in concerts withBobby McFerrin and Garrison Keillor.

Anton Armstrong made his European conducting debut in 1992 at theInternational Bond and Choir Festival in Brussels, Belgium and returned toVienna, Austria in March 2000 to conduct the 25th anniversary concerts of thisfestival. He led the St. Olaf Choir on a concert tour of Denmark and Norway in1993, which included a performance at the Bergen International Festival,Norway, and in January 1997, he conducted the ensemble in a four-weekconcert tour to New Zealand and Australia. In June 2001 he led the St. OlafChoir on a three-week concert tour of Central Europe. In the summer of 2001,

Dr. Armstrong conducted the world Youth Choir sponsored by the InternationalFederation of Choral Music with concerts in Venezuela and the United States.

TH E ST. OLAF CHOI R

SOPRANO ITasha Athman, Miriam Ehrlichmann, Allison Gatzke, Sarah Hoffman,Koren Miller, leslie Ruth, Natalia Theimer, Katherine Tripoli, laura White,Ashley Witte

SOPRANO IIRachel Howe, Andrea luhrs, Sarah Nagell, Ivana Scbonoeovcc,Nicolle Shaffer, Sarah Souder, Gillian Ieoh, laura Wegmeyer

ALTO Ilaura Berg, Amy Bonhag, Jessica Cavis, laura Frank, Melissa Johnson,Stephanie Kirkman, Kristen Kuipers, Kira lace, Kelsay ludwig, Jaime Nelson

ALTO IIKristin Benschine, Kari Battin, Katherine Crawford, Rebecca Garbarino, lynnHofstad, Emily Janssen, Tegan Madson, Elizabeth Swanson, Maret Wilson

TENOR IJacob Barclay, Andrew Johnson, Brock Metzger, Jeffrey O'Donnell,Michael Schmitz, Kevin Stocks, Jonathon Von Stroh, Gregory Wright

TENOR IIJock Cox, Nathan lawrence, Thomas Moore, Christian Novak, Kurtis Parlin,Matthew Smith, Seren Strom-Jensen

BASS INathan DeWall, Michael loretto, Adam luebke, Matthew McDonald,Peter Olsen, Stefan Theimer, Paul Tlucek

BASS IIAaron Banman, Ryan Dolton, Alex Falconer, Daniel Grossman,Andrew Wick Klein, Peter Kuhlman, Matthew Kuhn, Kevin Seal,William G. Vosseler, Ion Walker, Charles Ziegler

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary season of concerts, tours, radiobroadcasts, and critically acclaimed recordings, the Dole Worland Singersis recognized as one of the world's foremost a cappello choral ensembles. The40-voice professional choir is based in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

The Dale warland Singers has earned a reputation for its commitment tocommissioning and performing new choral music. The ensemble has kept thechoral genre fresh and alive by commissioning works from Dominick Argento,Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen, Carol Barnett, George Shearing, Peter Schickele,Bernard Rands, Emma Lou Diemer, Alice Parker, Janika Vandervelde, AugustaRead Thomas, Aaron J. Kernis, and Frank Ferko among others. The DaleWarland Singers' Choral Ventures ™ Program solicits works from emergingcomposers, and through this program, over $150,000 in commissions has beenawarded to forty-eight talented musicians.

In 1992, the Dale Warland Singers became the first-ever recipient ofthe Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence. The group'sextraordinary efforts on behalf of composers and new music resulted in ASCAPAwards for Adventurous Programming in 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1999.

In addition to a subscription season in the Twin Cities, the Dale Warland Singerstours throughout the United States and abroad. In 1990, the ensemble traveledto Stockholm and Helsinki to represent North America at the Second WorldSymposium on Choral Music. During the 1999-2000 concert season, the grouptoured the Southeastern United States. It has appeared on Garrison Keillor'soriginal A Prairie Home Companion and has been featured on Public RadioInternational's Saint Paul Sunday. The annual Echoes of Christmas andCathedral Classics broadcasts reach listeners nationwide. This season the DaleWorland Singers made their debut at the Ravinia Festival (Chicago) in July.

The Dale Warland Singers also performs in collaboration with other Twin Citiesarts organizations such as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the MinnesotaOrchestra, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the JamesSewell Ballet.

The Dale Warland Singers record on the American Choral Catalog label, andthe choir released a new recording on this label during the 1999-2000 season.Featuring Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Benjamin Britten's Reioicein the Lamb, it joins some 20 other Dale Warland Singers recordings includingBlue Wheat, a collection of American folk music. The Seattle Times calls BlueWheat, "the loveliest choral disc to emerge in a long time ... sung by whatis probably America's best chorus." Also among the Singers' lauded releasesis December Stillness, which BBC Music Magazine gave its highest rating forperformance and sound, calling it, " ... splendid, melting stuff." The SouthJersey's Courier-Post called the 1994 release of Cathedral Classics, "anunmatched musical experience," and The Oregonian stated simply, "peerless."Earlier recordings by the Singers include, Fancie, A Rose in Winter, ChristmasEchoes, Vols. 1 and II, Carols for Christmas, Choral Currents, as well as12 others. A new Christmas recording will be released in the fall of 2002.

DALE WARlAND, FOUNDERAND MUSIC DIRECTOR

The 2002- 2003 season morks founder Dole Worland's thirtieth season as MusicDirector of the Dole Worland Singers. Warland has devoted his professional lifeto attaining the highest artistic level in choral singing. Through musicianship andattention to detail, he has built one of the finest choral ensembles in the UnitedStates. Under Worland's leadership, the Dole Worland Singers has thrilledchoral music enthusiasts not just in its Twin Cities home, but throughout NorthAmerica and Europe.

In June 2002, Dole Worland received the louis Botto Award for InnovativeAction and Entrepreneurial Zeal from Chorus America at its annual conferencein Boulder, CO. The award is given every other year "to on individual whothrough his or her work with a member ensemble of Chorus Americahas demonstrated innovative action and entrepreneurial zeal in developing aprofessional choral ensemble." In 2001, Dole Worland received the McKnightDistinguished Artist Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements as achoral conductor, and his continued contribution to the arts in Minnesota.

Worland's outstanding accomplishments in the field of choral music were alsorecognized in June 1995, when he received the Michael Korn Founder's Awardat the annual Chorus America Conference in Seattle. This award, the highesthonor for a choral conductor in the United States, has previously been giveto outstanding choral conductors such as Robert Show, Margaret Hillis, andRoger Wagner.

In addition to his active schedule as Music Director of the Dole Worland Singers,Worland is in demand as a guest conductor, lecturer, composer and clinician.He has conducted the Swedish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Choir, MormonTabernacle Choir, and Israel's Cameran Singers. He has also rehearsed andprepored choirs for performances of major works in collaboration with notableconductors including Robert Show, Edo de Waart, leanard Slatkin, andStanislaw Skrowaczewski. At Kryzstof Penderecki's request, Worland preporedThe Passion According to St. luke for major choruses in los Angeles, Caracas,Stuttgart and the Oregon Bach Festival. In 1990, he also prepored Penderecki'sPolish Requiem. Worland has served on the foculty of the All-Japan Chorusleague Notional Competition in Fukuoka, Japan, and has lectured on Americanmusic at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Most recently, he has been featuredas guest conductor at Grant Pork Music Festival, with the Mormon TabernacleChoir, Utah Chamber Artists, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Opus 7Vocal Ensemble, and was a ponel member at the Tolosa Choral Festival in Spain.

Worland is on active composer and a member of the American Society ofComposers, Authors and publishers (ASCAP).He has served as co-choir of boththe choral and recording ponels of the Notional Endowment for the Arts and hasreceived major grants from the Ford Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and theMinnesota State Arts Boord.

Before devoting himself full-time to the Dale Worland Singers, Worlandmaintained an academic career which included 19 years as Director of ChoralMusic at Macalester College, St. Paul. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College,the University of Minnesota, the University of Southern California, and hasreceived distinguished alumni awards from two institutions. Worland also holdsan honorary doctorate from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

SOPRANOBeth Althof, Margaret Burton, Sara Dick, Marie Spar Dymit", PamelaMarentette, Melissa Morey, Deborah loon Osgood, Sorah Schlomer,Dawn Schuffenhauer, Naomi Christensen Staruch, Monica Strattion

ALTOKelly Becker, Abbie Betinis, Sara Boos, Joonne Halvorsen', lynette Johnson,Shelley Kline, Mary C. Maiden Mueller, Krista Palmquist, Momoko Tanno

TENORJared l. Anderson, lawrence Bach, Joel Beyer, Joel C. Fischer,Eric N. Hopkins, Justin Karch, David Nordli, Steven Staruch, Hal Snyder,Gregory Tambornino

BASSJeffrey Bipes, Bruce Broquist, Matthew Culleton", Dave Jacobson,Brian Kremer, Michael Meyer, Kevin Norberg, Tim O'Brien, Brian E. Petty,Brad Runyan, Terry Sheetz, Brian l. Steele

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THE VOCALESSENCE ENSEMBLE SINGERS

"A superb American choir ... an engaging group, polished, bright, andbrilliantly balanced."

-The London Times

Founded in 1969 under the name the Plymouth Music Series, Vocal Essence isrecognized internationally for innovative exploration of music for voices andinstruments. Each year the organization presents an engaging collection ofconcerts featuring the 100-voice VocalEssence Chorus, the 26-voice EnsembleSingers, guest soloists and instrumentalists.

The Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, founded in 1991, embody the adventure,choral beauty and enthusiasm of Vocal Essence. They are chosen for their

musicianship, vocal qualities and Aexibility in singing many styles of music.Under the leadership of artistic director Philip Brunelle and associate conductorSigrid Johnson, their possion for the highest level of choral performance enlivenscommissions and world premieres including works of DominickArgento, ConradSuso, Eskil Hemberg, Stephen Paulus, libby larsen, Randall Davidson, AaronJoy Kernis and Cory John Franklin.

In June 1994 the Ensemble Singers were invited to be the first professionalAmerican chorus to perform at the Internationale Orgelwoche Nurnberg. In1997 they were the first professional U.S. chorus to sing at the prestigiousPrague Spring Festival; they also song at london's Covent Gorden Festival,the Foire Saint Germaine in Paris, and the Flanders Festival in Belgium. In thesummer of 2001, the Ensemble Singers returned to Europe for on extensive tourwhich included sold-out concerts in Berlin, Dresden, Cesky Krumlov (CzechRepublic), Bratislava and Spa Piestany (Slovak Republic), Castle Rosenburg(Austria)' and Paris and Tours (France). Most recently the group traveled toWashington, DC for the world premiere of Barnum's Bird, a new opera by libbylarsen co-commissioned by VocalEssence and the library of Congress.

The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have appeared on many recordings,including three volumes of music by African American composers entitledWITNESS: Vol. I: Spirituals and Gospels; Vol. 1/: William Grant Still; and Vol. /1/:Towards the Future. Dominick Argento: An American Romantic was released in1998. They are featured on Garrison Keillor'sCD Definitely Above Average andare heard by radio audiences across America and around the world as frequentguests on Garrison Keillor's public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion.

VocalEssence began as on arts outreach program of Plymouth CongregationalChurch in Minneapolis. The organization immediately established the marks ofits future success: world, United States, and Midwest premieres; famous guestartists; commissions of new works (over 80 to dote); and a reputation forsurprise. In the very first season Aaron Copland come to conduct - the first timehe hod ever been asked to conduct his choral music.

In addition to championing lesser known works of the post, VocalEssence has onunwavering commitment to today's composers. It has received theASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming ofContemporary Music the four times it has been eligible, and has been awardedthe once-in-an-organizational lifetime Margaret Hillis Achievement Award forChoral Excellence. In May of 2002 the Plymouth Music Series changed its nometo VocalEssence, capturing the essence of its mission to explore music for thehuman voice, from the spoken word to choral singing.

PHILIP BRUNELLE, VOCALESSENCE ARTISTIC DIRECTORAND FOUNDER

Philip Brunelle, President of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music andArtistic Director of VocalEssence, is an internationally renowned conductor,choral scholar and performer. Believing that listeners and musicians alike mustexperience music of many genres and styles, he works enthusiastically-andtirelessly-to expond audiences for rarely heard works of the past and as wellas new vocal, choral, operatic and orchestral music.

Philip attended the University of Minnesota for undergraduate and graduatework in music. At the age of 24, he received a Rockefellergrant to study in NewYorkat the Metropolitan Opera and following that became music director of theMinnesota Opera for 17 years. He has received honorary degrees from St. olafCollege, Gustavus Adolphus College, United Theological Seminary and SaintJohn's University.Since 1969, when he founded VocalEssence (then the PlymouthMusic Series), he has also served as the organist and choirmaster of PlymouthCongregational Church in Minneapolis.

Brunelle's conducting engagements span the globe. He has appeared withcountless major orchestras and opera componies including the ChicagoSymphony, Houston Grand Opera, BBC Singers, Berkshire Choral Festival,Washington Opera, Aldeburgh Festival, Swedish Royal Opera and SemperOper in Dresden. In June 2002, he conducted the world premiere in St. louis ofLoss of Eden, a co-commission of VocalEssence and Opera Theatre of St. louis.Cary John Franklin. National audiences recognize him through frequentappearances on Garrison Keillor'sA Prairie Home Companion, beginning withthe very first show in 1974. later this month he will continue to work withGarrison Keillor,appearing with him for concerts with the Cincinnati Pops, theSalt lake Symphony and the San luis Obispo Festival.

Philip has served on the choral music faculties of Westminster Choir College, theUniversity of Minnesota, United Theological Seminary and the University ofMaine. His choral editions and opera orchestrations are published by Boosey &Hawkes, G. Schirmer, Theodore Presser, Walton, and Editions Salabert (Paris,France). He writes a monthly column on choral repertoire for The AmericanOrganist. He has also been active in arts public policy and professional serviceendeavors, having served on the board of directors of Chorus America,the Minnesota State Arts Boord and the National Council on the Arts, whichoversees the activities of the National Endowment for the Arts. He now serves onthe Boord of Regents of St. Olaf College and the Boord of Directors of theGreater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association (GMCVA). For thepast ten years he has selected the programming on the Northwest Airlinesclassical music channel.

Among Philip Brunelle's many awards are the Kod61y Medal from thegovernment of Hungary, the Stig Andersson Award for contributions to Swedish

music, the Royal Order of the Polar Star from the King of Sweden, theMinneapolis Award for "going the extra mile" to enrich the community, and theF. Melius Christiansen Award, the highest honor of the Minnesota Chapter of theAmerican Choral Directors Association. Lost year he was inducted into theMinnesota Music Hall of Fame and was honored with the U.S. Bonk SollyOrdway Irvine Award for Commitment, recognizing lifetime achievement,contribution and leadership in culture and the arts. In April 2002, the GMCVAacknowledged his work in bringing the World Choral Symposium to the TwinCities with the "Copper Top" award, referring to him as "Minnesota'sMr. Music."

THE VOCALESSENCE ENSEMBLE SINGERS

SOPRANOKathleen Hanson, Dora Kirchofner, Lori Lewis, Margaret Lanning Sobin,Andrea Schussler, Ruth Spiegel, Lindo Zelig

ALTOKatie Crawford, Kathleen Grammer, Nino Heebink, Barbaro Kastens,Koren Lovgren Kennedy, Morita link, Jaime Nelson

TENOR.Kevin l. Bailey, Robert Griffin, Curt Hopmann, Mark Larsen, Thomas Larson,Brion Ohnsorg, Kurtis Parlin

BASSChristopher Brunelle, Steve Burger, Ryan French, Jerry Johnson, MichaelJorgensen, Jim Ramlet, Robert Smith

MOOR£ BY FOUR

Since its inception in 1986 at Ruby's Cabaret in Minneapolis, Moore By Four hasbeen a fixture on the Twin Cities music scene. Their nine-week run at Ruby'sCabaret was a sensation, and the group went on to produce sold-out shows atlocal theatres and concert halls, appearing in their own television special andperforming at countless special events including a Super Bowl appearance.Their holiday shows have been annual favorite drawing over 30,000 fans infou rteen yea rs.

The sound of Moore By Four is similar to that of Manhanan Transfer, but with abrooder musical range stemming from the vocalists' grounding in gospel, jazz,pop music and theatre. Moore By Four is continually expanding its repertoireby including contemporary jazz selections, original compositions and newarrangements of the great standards from Broodway, Hollywood and the CottonClub period-oll performed with Moore By Four's unique style.

SANFORD L. MOORE. FOUNDER

Sanford Moore (composer, pianist, arranger, producer) has traveled extensivelywith Moore By Four, the ensemble he founded, conducting workshops andconcerts in the US, Europe and Japan. He has shared the stage with suchnotable jazz artists as Joe Williams, Bobby McFerrin, Harry Connick, Jr. and thelate Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie, and Carmen McRae.

In addition to his work with Moore By Four, he is sought after as a MusicalDirector and Arranger for theatrical and choral productions. He is currentlyMusical Director/Conductor for Hey City Theater's production of "Smokey Joe'sCafe." Other credits include "Fever" a tribute to Peggy Lee featuring ConnieEvingson, "Dream on Monkey Mountain" (directed by Bill T. Jones), "Triumph ofLove" and "As You Like It" at the Guthrie Theatre and "Black Belts" I, II and III,featuring Jevetta Steele at Mixed Blood Theater. He is also the creator (togetherwith Director Richard T. Thompson and Choreographer Garry Q. Lewis) ofan original musical review trilogy ("Always and Forever", "2-Gether" and"Living Beauty") for the Illusion Theater. Sanford's choral experience includesconducting the University of Minnesota Gaspel Choir and serving as the Ministerof Music for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. Other choral experienceincludes collaborating with the Dale Warland Singers, the Plymouth Music SeriesSeries, the Minnesota Chorale and the Bach Society.

Sanford has extensive experience arranging for industrial and business theaterproductions, as well as writing and producing jingles. He has served asproducer, arranger and pianist on various recording projects, including his firstupcoming solo recording entitled "My First Love", A Collection of Hymns,Gospels and Spirituals. Other recordings include Moore By Four's "SwingFever", tt Deck The Halls" and their upcoming recording "1 Let A Song Ga Out ofMy Heart": A Tribute to Duke Ellington. Additional recordings include "1 HaveDreamed", "Fever" and "Some Cats Know" for Connie Evingson.

MOORE BY FOUR SINGERS

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Ginger Commodore

Connie Evingson

Dennis Spears

Sanford Moore, Director and Piano

Special thanks to Evan Maurer, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and theWallin Foundation.

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